At the foot of Siye Peak in the Karakoram Mountains on the upper reaches of the Congling Yiduo River, the first few streams at the source of the river start from here. The horses of the soldiers of the Tang Army waded through the flowing water and stopped in front of the mountain.
"Hide the horses and adjust the bow and crossbow to ensure that you can control the string at all times."
Feng Changqing stood on a large rock washed by a stream with a bamboo tube on his back, stretched out his hand and commanded: "Everyone has chosen a hiding place, and there is still one day to wait."
He patted the worried Yu Gou on the shoulder, followed him towards the cave, and reassured him: "No need to worry, we arrived here a day early to prevent Zong Lu's trapped beasts from fighting and the vicious dogs to attack."
The two entered the stone hall in the cave. It was spacious and dark inside, but the entrance was very narrow, with bright light coming in. The advantage of choosing such a cave is that once the entrance is blocked in case of emergency, no matter how many people are locked up in the cave, they can't even think about it.
Rush out.
Yu Gou's breath calmed down slightly, and after entering the bottom of the cave, he turned around 180 degrees and stared straight at the entrance. Feng Changqing said with a smile: "It's still early, maybe we can't come until this time tomorrow morning.
But we have to be careful when the time comes, he might bring a few more people with him."
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, a whirring sound could be heard outside. The sound had a distinctive muffled sound with wide nostrils, and was as deep as coming from the chest. This is the unique tone of the Tibetan people.
The two looked at each other in confusion. The other party had arrived a day earlier? Maybe they already knew the news about Gong Juezan's escape, or had intercepted Gong Juezan?
Zong Lu has been promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Lianyunbao garrison. Tubo is like the five thousand commander-in-chief under Kagelu Haonu Dongdai. This prosperous official career is almost directly proportional to his inner anxiety. Since they and Congling garrison seven years ago
Captured in a conflict, he became a traitor hated by the Tibetan people. He came into contact with the enemy on the edge of danger again and again, just as he fell into the abyss again and again.
"Everyone has chosen a hiding place, and there is still one day to wait. At that time, we will capture the Tang people's guards and hand them over to the superiors in exchange for credit."
The clear voices of the Tibetan people flowed into the cave along with the cold wind.
A sneer escaped from the corner of Feng Changqing's lips, making his face look more like a sculpture in the dim light, and he whispered: "You hide in the darkness, I will deal with these people."
He slowly pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, making as little noise as possible, and gently touched the edge of the hole, waiting for the people outside to come in and prepare to kill him suddenly.
Unexpectedly, a convulsive cry came from outside: "There are people! There are so many Tang troops!"
Zong Lu, who was about to enter the cave entrance, suddenly stopped outside. Feng Changqing's expected ambush in the cave failed, so he had to wave to Yu Gou in the darkness and took the initiative to step out of the cave.
Outside the cave, the Tang Army and the Tibetans were in a confrontation. Since they were well prepared, nearly twenty Tang soldiers stood in the rock crevices between the mountains holding crossbows or horn bows, aiming at Zong who was standing below.
Lu and the Tubo soldiers.
Zong Lu's face twitched with anger, and he shouted loudly for Yu Gou to get out.
"Yu Gou! You almost killed me!"
Yu Gou and Feng Changqing walked out of the cave and saw a head wrapped in thick cloth hanging in Zong Lu's hand. There was blood dripping from the bottom of the head. A stone blocking his chest finally fell. Since Zong Lu
Lu has solved the big problem of Gong Juezan. The situation is not as bad as imagined. At most, he just lost a traitor like Zong Lu.
Zong Lu threw the bloody head in front of him. He originally wanted to angrily blame Yu Gou for letting this man run away. If he hadn't been in charge of Lianyun Fort, the frontier of Lianyun Fort Sole City, he would have almost let this man pass through the Great and Small Bolu.
He ran to Tubo. But a series of things had happened, and he had no choice but to smile slightly gloomily: "Thank you Yu Shou for sending this man to me, which can be regarded as solving my worries. From now on
After that, we still don’t want to meet each other, even if we meet again, we will still be enemies!”
"Do you think you can still leave?"
Feng Changqing immediately waved his hand, and the Tang soldiers fully drew their unstrung horn bows, placed arrows on the bowstrings, and were ready to go.
Zong Lu's face was startled, and his slightly red skin turned slightly yellow, obviously showing fear. However, this person's psychological quality may have been trained in the fear of being a traitor for a long time, and he calmly thought about the solution.
, and began to say soft words tactfully.
However, there are six cronies beside him, and being too submissive will make them despise him, and they will even lose their loyalty.
"Yu Shou captures the envoy, do you think that killing me will disintegrate or weaken Lianyun Fort? This will only alarm Kage Ludongdai to alert the snake. They will send more forces to defend here, and they will also send more experienced soldiers.
Five thousand generals are here to take charge of Lianyun Fort, and it is even more impossible for you to take over Lianyun Fort."
Right.
Feng Changqing agreed with this statement, because judging from the analysis of his eyes, the current Zong Lu Qianzong did not look like a native Tubo person, but more like a descendant of the Tuyuhun people. He believed that a Tuyuhun person would not be as kind to the Tubo people.
The stay of people like Zong Lu, a die-hard Tubo loyalist, in Lianyun Fort would indeed be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty's future attack on Lianyun Fort.
"Put away the arrows and let them go!"
Although Yu Gou felt something was wrong, he had no reason to hold back the rent. Zong Lu clasped his hands in half a bow and slowly backed away. Several Gui archers felt the solemn atmosphere, holding bows in both hands and aiming at each other, and slowly backed away.
When these people led their horses back and crossed the stream and were already a hundred meters away from them, they each got on their horses and ran towards the distance.
The Tang troops came down from the rocks, and Yu Gou and Feng Changqing rested for a while in the cave. From now on, this place will be abandoned as a joint point, but the scenery under the mountain at the northernmost tip of the Karakoram Mountains is indeed beautiful.
Paintings, coupled with the open and warm cave, it can be regarded as a good place to hide and escape from the world.
Yu Gou felt a little guilty and had some doubts in his heart. Zong Lu was the nail planted by General Li to quickly conquer Lianyun Fort in the future. Because of their negligence, they ruined the good situation. Maybe they will capture that castle in the future.
The Lianyun Fort built on the mountain required the lives of hundreds or thousands of Tang troops.
"Letting go of Zong Lu is not a good strategy. How can you guarantee that the Tibetan general who will succeed him in the future will be better than him?"
Feng Changqing smiled calmly and said: "How can we guarantee this? But I can be sure that a person who has been defeated by General Li will have even weaker pressure and resistance when meeting him again in the future. At least this point,
It is easier to deal with them than those Tibetan generals who are not afraid of tigers at birth."
It may make sense to think this way. When a person encounters a setback that he cannot overcome, and the next time he encounters this obstacle, he still cannot overcome it and feels exhausted. This Zonglu must have a psychological shadow.
…
When the morning sun rose, a cavalry entered Shule City. The leader rode a thin, bald horse. He was covered with a black cloak and his head and face were covered by a hood. He was followed by a dozen soldiers.
and officers, and a delicate woman. Because this man's image was somewhat strange and mysterious, the several Tang soldiers and women who followed him also seemed strange.
The seller carrying a load on the street only looked up at the hood, and hurriedly hid on the side of the road. There were two children playing in the middle of the road. The women hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the children, and turned to look at the children under the hood.
Looking at the wooden mask, one could see the burnt muscles on the edges of the eye holes. They hurriedly covered their children's eyes and ran away.
This must be an evil spirit that escaped from hell.
The people of Shule City gave way one after another, and after the other party left on horseback, they looked in the direction of the uninvited guest, hoping that such a sinister person was just passing by. But the other party did not do as they wished, and went straight to the envoy's mansion.
direction.
The people of Shule City prayed silently. If this is an evil ghost, they must not harm General Li Siye's mansion.
"Bah, what are you thinking? How can there be evil spirits in broad daylight? But even if it is an evil ghost! Who is General Li? He is a victorious general. Even a mere evil ghost will be chopped by him with his sword.
It’s in two halves.”
After the evil ghost they said entered the Zhendu Residence, he came to the main hall of the residence and sat across from Li Siye at the table. The servants would bring the tea, and some bold maids might look up at the guests out of curiosity.
They were all stared back by Li Siye.
Li Siye picked up the teacup and said, "You should make a new mask to cover your face, otherwise your life will definitely be inconvenient in the future."
The other party just nodded silently.
Li Siye asked him again: "What are your plans for the future when you come to Shule Town?" He suddenly changed his mind and said: "Don't worry about the future now. Take a good rest here for a while and rest your mind before making any plans."
"I'm going to open a paper mill and continue the papermaking technology I've already transformed. Besides, you must have spent a lot of money to save me this time. I have to earn back the money you spent first."